Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
26913
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/08/2002
Date of Amendment
30/08/2002
Name of Property
Lime kiln S of Bwlch House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Nannerch
Town
Locality
Rhyd-y-Maengwyn
Easting
316948
Northing
369308
Street Side
E
Location
Set back from the road at the foot of Rhyd-y-Maengwyn Wood, approximately 450m SE of the parish church.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Built in the third quarter of the C19 and shown on the 1871 Ordnance Survey. The quarry was immediately NE of the kiln, in what is now Rhyd-y-Maengwyn Wood. The kiln was disused by 1899.
Exterior
A tapering snecked-stone kiln built into a steep bank. The top is partly missing. The segmental-headed draw arch has bands of bullnose blue brick and yellow brick, with blue-brick hood, inside which is a rubble-stone vault and lower arched draw hole.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a prominently sited and well-preserved quarry lime kiln, representing a once important local industry.
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